Notes on Haiti, made during a residence in that republic . obas 297 CHAP. XIII. Departure from Las Caobas—Boundary of old colonies^River Fer de Cheval—Aqueducts—Mirebalais — Fortifi-cations—River Artibonite—Kind treatment by the commandant,Colonel Charles Jeune — Journey to the capital — Trianon —JMountain pass—Morne Cabrit—Fond au Diable—Plain of Culde Sac—Arrival at cottage—Occupations — Rumoured insur-rection—Trial and execution of four black officers—General oi)-servations on Haiti—Illness—Departure for Jamaica . 321 r LIST OF PLATES, VOL. I. La Victoire, ci-devant Grand Pre, on the road t
Notes on Haiti, made during a residence in that republic . obas 297 CHAP. XIII. Departure from Las Caobas—Boundary of old colonies^River Fer de Cheval—Aqueducts—Mirebalais — Fortifi-cations—River Artibonite—Kind treatment by the commandant,Colonel Charles Jeune — Journey to the capital — Trianon —JMountain pass—Morne Cabrit—Fond au Diable—Plain of Culde Sac—Arrival at cottage—Occupations — Rumoured insur-rection—Trial and execution of four black officers—General oi)-servations on Haiti—Illness—Departure for Jamaica . 321 r LIST OF PLATES, VOL. I. La Victoire, ci-devant Grand Pre, on the road to Sans Souci, Frontispiece Map of Haiti, or St. Domingo to face page 1 Ruins of the Palace of Sans Souci, now MUlot . . .169 VOL. n. Fac-simile of a Letter of Christy phe 209 XX CONTENTS. Colonel Gardel—Commandant Lassala—Chief of police at RanchoMateo—Departure—Ranclio Mateo—Disappointments Miserable night—Passage of the river Juan de Vera—Jour-ney to Las Caobas 297 CHAP. XIII. :5^. ^%«^. HAYTl. i NOTES ON HAITI. CHAPTER I. Departure for Haiti—Arrival—Interview with President—Port-au-Prince—Its neighbourhood—Inhabitants—Customs—Officers of Governmenc—Police—Funerals—Levees—Ce-lebration of Fete dIndependence—Dinner at Palace. His Majesty having been graciously pleasedto appoint me his Consul General in Haiti, Iembarked at Portsmouth on the 28th March,1826, in His Majestys frigate Druid, com-manded by my valued friend Capt. SamuelChambers, having as fellow-passengers, (besidesthe gentlemen that accompanied niyself,) , the Bishop of Barbadoes and hisfamily, Major General Sir Patrick Ross, theGovernor of Antigua and the officers of his per-sonal staff. We sailed on the day of embarka- VOL. I. A Z NOTES ON HAITI. tion, and after having visited the Island ofMadeira, the natural beauties of which, as vv^ellas the unbounded hospitality of the inhabitantsof Funchal, are well known to almost ever
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